I already have a decent desktop (i5 + RX480), but I don't have a laptop.
I want something light with good build quality. I'm too poor for a Mac, and I hate windows.
I can get a brand new Chromebook pixel for $320 with the following: I5 4GB RAM 64GB of flash 2560x1700 touchscreen Good speakers Good touchpad Supposedly it is the fastest normiebook laptop
Now the following bothers me: -Drivers may not be available for Windows and Linux for touchpad/keyboard (can't verify). -It's not receiving Android apps, but I don't know what I'd use that for. -Its a 2013 model laptop -I'm afraid there is something I'm not thinking about
Am I stupid for wanting to drop $300 on this? It's only $100 more than a typical Chromebook, and I don't have to deal with a shitty 1280x800 screen with a Celeron.
It runs ChromeOS, so it's marginally more useful than a clod of dirt.
Aaron Jackson
Discord, Spotify, and Office all have proper web apps.
I'm trying to figure out what I won't be able to do on it over a normal laptop other than retro gaming (which could still be possible if there are drivers for it with crouton).
Can you think of something major that doesn't run on chrome?
Noah Bell
unless you just want to shitpost, you will fucking hate/love the thing because it's beautiful but you need to install linux because ChromeOS is just ShitpostOS. This coming from a guy that bought one just to fuck around and uses it every other day to browse the web and annoy people here.
Anthony Gutierrez
There are Dell XPS Ubuntu laptops too
Chase Harris
For $320 new?
And it appears that Ubuntu has drivers for it. Windows doesn't look as optimistic, but that's not a deal breaker.
Aaron James
you can install crouton and have all the linux shit, but there's virtually no local storage so it's effectively a glorified thin client with a mediocre battery life
Alexander Price
If all you're doing is web browsing, word processing, watching netflix and stuff, it's all you need. It has powerful guts, so it'll do what it does now well, and for a very long time.
For anything else though, literally any other computer is better.
Luke Scott
If you're going to buy a laptop you might as well get a fully functional one. A Chromebook is a neutered laptop.
Austin Turner
64GB is plenty for me.
If I were to install Linux I would just install it natively. Same if I decided to infest it with Windows.
Is try ChromeOS first though.
Levi Fisher
Where are you seeing a Chromebook for $320 new? aren't they closer to a thousand?
Kevin Martin
I dont think you'll get anything new other than atom low end shit for that money You're better off buying used or saving more money
William Robinson
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Sebastian Rivera
LoL nigga what
they’re usually between 450-200
Zachary Jenkins
/thread
Jaxson Adams
he does a little sucky sucky for discounts
Kayden Sanchez
ideapad + leenox
Chase Allen
What is wrong with this option? Supposedly it runs great with Linux (which I didn't know), so if I need a more powerful OS I could just throw that on it.
The 2015 version still sells for $1000, the 2013 version is around $300.
So far this is the difference between 2013 to 2015:
Haswell i5 vs Broadwell (similar benchmark scores) 4GB soldered RAM vs 8/16GB soldered RAM 5 hour battery life vs 10 hour Propiatary charger vs USB Type C USB2 vs USB3 Speakers on older version is better New version gets Android apps, older does not
These are used, have no touchscreen, a worse screen, thicker, and SB vs Haswell IGP is a lot worse. Plus the build quality on the pixel is supposed to be amazing. What could this do over the pixel?
Easton Rogers
>bought a chinknovo broadlel i5 + goyvidia krapler laptop >$300
no fucks were given
Nathaniel Wilson
It's loud and has usb2 only
Logan Reyes
How portable is it?
Bentley Rodriguez
You can install GalliumOS (a linux distro for chromebooks) and your chromebook will now be a full-linux machine with great driver support.
Joshua Perry
Second this. Running galliumos on a c720. No regrets
Lucas Davis
What does gallium have that every Ubuntu based distro doesn't? I have a c720, runs pretty much every distro perfectly
Ethan Anderson
Do you really need i5 for a web browsing machine?
Ian Phillips
>Chromebook pixel >It's not receiving Android apps, but I don't know what I'd use that for. yes it does
Ryan Gutierrez
No Apple logo, into the trash.
Ryder Gray
Do it, I love mine
Charles Perry
2015 does, the 2013 supposedly does not.
Brody Flores
Have you tried to install Windows? Can you get the touchpad and keyboard to work?
Is there anything I need to know about? Also do you have the LTE or the wifi model?
Noah Jones
>muh, muh shinkpad Worse screen, awful build quality, the keyboard is shit, dated as fuck processor in power hungry process, etc, etc, etc.
